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Fact no.4: Best friends are one's second family

APRIL

"I'm going to kill him", I say, throwing myself on the couch between Soph and Dia. My besties immediately make enough space for me. Soph wraps her hand around my shoulder, offering me a relaxing smile. Dia takes my hand and gives it a squeeze.

"That bad?", Soph asks, her tone so polite it shows the fact the girl is a princess. And I don't just mean it as a joke. Soph really is the princess of a small country in Europe, Cordelia. And if her chilling on the couch with us doesn't scream royalty, her outfit does. She is wearing one of her Chanel looks, the only brand she wears, her beautiful blonde hair up in a bun styled with pearls, the same jewelry around her neck and wrist. Her blue eyes look at me worried now. I give her a reassuring smile in return.

In a few seconds, Nini, my other bestie, comes rushing from the room she shares with Soph. She spins around once as she comes in front of us, showing us her yellow Summer dress.

"So, what do you think?", Nini asks, her red hair falling freely down her shoulders, her brown eyes glimmering with hope. "Is this the one?"

"What do you need it for, again?", Nessie asks and we all turn our head to where she is staying on the couch. Nessie has been quiet the last few weeks, having problems with her boyfriend. Mark and her fight the whole time, and are probably to break up any day now. The girls and I have been trying to speak to her, make her be happy again, get her mind off the whole thing. She's only been partly here. Making the stuff with us we've asked her to do, going out on walks and cooking together. But it was clear the whole time that a part of her still thought about Mark.

And I just might kill that idiot for breaking my bestie's heart.

Nessie's state is clearly not the best one. Her black hair is up in a messy bun, and her big blue eyes, who usually send happiness and kindness in the world, they're now faded red and hollow. I've never seen her like this before. I tried convincing her to come to Spain with me and Dia, yet she said she has to stay in New York. Sort things out with Mark. I told her there's always going to be a room for her in the summer house, if she changes her mind.

Nini smirks at Nessie and does another pirouette.

"For the trip. And for Caden's condition", she replies. I hardly hide an amused eye-roll. After screwing up, her boyfriend managed to win Nini back at the premiere of the play she's stared in last week. The two made a little deal to always love each other. And Nini made a condition.

"Right, making him sing in Verona. How did you come up with that, anyway?", I ask her. I still don't get how she thought of that.

"He was the one to give me the idea. As he sang that song for me during the play", she continues. Caden indeed sang her favorite song for her in front of the whole audience, just to ask her for forgiveness. The guy climbed a few steps up in my Men I don't hate list.

"I bet he's counting down the seconds", Soph replies with a smirk on. Nini sticks her tongue out at her to tease her. Soph only chuckles.

"So, the dress?", Nini asks, bringing the conversation back to the original topic. "How do I look?"

"Perfect", Soph replies and we all nod to back her up. I send Nini an air kiss and she sends me one back in return. Dia also whispers "Beautiful" as Nessie draws a heart in the air.

"Love you", Nini shouts while rushing down the hall to bring the dress in the safety of her suitcase.

Soph gives me a panicked look, her eyes flickering with worries. She takes a strand of my dark curly hair and begins to play with it, lost in thoughts.

"Is he still coming with you?", she asks after a while.

She didn't have to say his name for me to understand who she was talking about. I only nod as an answer.