*Dinah’s POV*
It’s funny how we perceive things can change so suddenly. Like how people in our lives will always be there, that there’s always a constant in life that will never change or leave, until it just does.
I guess I never realized that until I met her. You see I had just been kicked off of X-Factor when I was magically invited back in a group with some other girls. That’s when I saw her.She had the most beautiful smile and dark skin that I had ever seen.
Everyday after that I couldn’t help but fall harder and harder,everything she did mesmerized me, the way she walked, they way she talked, the way she laughed, she was just beautiful in every way.
Though it was so hard to watch her get hurt so many times, whether it was some idiotic boy who didn’t see what he had, or hate from people who were just jealous of how perfect she was. I made it my mission to always be there to catch her when she falls, even if it was just as a friend, i I got to be a part of her life, and be the one to make her feel better and to hold her when she needed it, I’d take that.
I sighed as this all ran through my mind, not knowing what to do anymore.I still hadn’t had the guts to tell Mani how I felt, but it became pretty obvious to the rest of the girls right away. I guess it was kind of obvious to everyone except her of course.
I guess this wouldn't hurt so much if she wasn’t becoming so distant. Lately she’s been avoiding all of the other girls, even me. And no matter how upset she’s gotten, she’s always let me in before, but now she’s shutting me out, and it hurt to know that I couldn’t help her, that she wouldn’t let me.
“You know Di, maybe if you just told her how you felt she’d be less numb or distant at least.” lauren said softly as she patted my shoulder.
“I know, but what if she hates me?! I can’t lose her forever Laur.” I cried, dropping my face into my hands.
“Di! She could never hate you! DOn’t you see the way she looks at you?! Now please just tell her! We’re all here for both of you okay?”
I nodded hesitantly and she gave me an encouraging smile as I stood up and headed to Normani’s room in the huge apartment we all shared. I quietly knocked on the mahogany door, my hands shaking.
“Manibear?” I asked quietly, frowning when I heard sobbing. When I didn’t get an answer I followed the sounds of the cries to the bathroom, the door was cracked open, just enough for me to see Mani with a blade to her wrist.
“I felt my heart break completely and I said “Please don’t.”
She looked up at me. her eyes shocked and bloodshot. She dropped the blade in shock, and I quickly kicked it away. She collapsed in my arms, crying, and I let a few of my own tears out as I held her in my arms.
“Why?” I asked shakingly once she finally calmed down.
“Well everyone just hates me! I’ve been getting so much hate! ANd they’re right, I mean I’m not the most talented or beautiful in the group, I don’t belong! And… And..Why would anyone love ever love me?!”
“Shhh. They’re just jealous! You are the most kind, genuinely beautiful, and talented person I’ve ever met. You care so much about everyone else and you have just this aura about you that everyone can’t help but love, especially me. Mani I fell in love with you right when I saw you. So please even if you don’t think so, you’re perfect to me. I can’t lose you. Please never leave me.”
Mani looked at me in shock for a moment, and then slowly smiled a watery smile.
“I love you Dinah Jane. I hope you know that.” I grinned as she softly pressed her lips to mine.
I jumped up when a hand smacked my arm.
“What are you thinking so hard about Boo?” Mani laughed, her eyes sparkling as she intertwined our fingers as we sat together in the back of the tour bus. Now it was so hard to imagine it’s been a year.
“About the day I could’ve lost you, wishing I did more.” I said sadly.
Mani sighed, and look me in the eyes. “Dinah, you know how you told me that when you were little you used to dream about being a superhero and you’d run around in a cape everywhere, saving dolls?”
“Yeah..” I nodded, confused as to why she was bringing it up.
“Well I always used to dream of having superman, any hero sweep me off my feet, red cape, everything you know, but when you came into my life, and you were always there to pick me up, make me feel better, and just make me happy, I would always wonder, and it was that day, when you stopped me, I finally realized what I’d known all along.”
“What’s that?” I asked.
“That not every hero has to wear a cape, and that maybe just maybe we already met our hero, and we just need to realize it.” She smiled at me.
I looked at her in admiration, and I swear I’ve never been this happy.
“I love you.” I grinned, squeezing her hand.
“I love you too, and for the record Superman is so worth waiting for.”
I couldn't help but laugh, a feeling of connectedness overtaking me as I cuddled with the girl I love.
