𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 [𝟣]

25

"How do I look?" Diana asks her sister somewhat nervously. She's dressed in the suit she had chosen in Port Angeles, along with the heeled boots that Leah had picked out for her. Her blonde hair is straightened to perfection, thanks to Bella- who had burned her hands several times in the process.

"You look great, stop messing with your suit." Bella had finished getting ready ages ago, just as she had assumed Diana would have done. She's perched on the edge of her sister's bed and watches in amusement as she undoes the top few buttons and loosens her tie. "You know... if I didn't know any better I'd say that you and Leah are going to the dance romantically rather than platonically." She gives her sister a knowing look. Diana has never actually come out to her but given the way she's acting now her feelings for the girl are rather obvious.

The slayer freezes as she turns to face Bella with wide eyes. "You can't say anything." She pleads.

"I knew it, you like Leah." The brunette laughs. She's never actually met the girl, so she has no idea if those feelings are mutual, but anyone would be lucky to have Diana as a girlfriend. She's as loyal as they come once you get on her good side and is rather protective of those she cares about. Bella does feel like there's a story behind the way she acts but she's never really felt like it's the right time to ask.

Diana grabs Bella's shoulders. "I will kill you if you speak a word about this to anyone- especially Edweirdo." She threatens, although she never actually plans to follow up on her words- and Bella knows it. The thought of Edward knowing is almost worse than Leah knowing and it ruining their friendship.

"What do you take me for?" Bella laughs, waving her sister off. "Of course I won't tell anyone." She reassures her sister, who sighs in relief. If there's one thing that the brunette is good at, it's keeping life altering secrets.

Diana nods and turns back to the mirror to continue making slight alterations to her outfit. She smudges the dark eyeshadow around her eyes but quickly snaps out of it when a knock comes from the front door. Her and Bella share a look, wondering which of their dates has arrived.

"Oh, hey Leah." The slayer hears her dad greet the girl from the front door.

"Are you sure I look okay?" Diana asks her sister for the fourteenth time this evening.

Bella groans and rolls her eyes as shoves the girl out of the bedroom. "For the love of god, just go downstairs." She urges her. She's never seen the girl so jittery, Diana was as calm as can be when she went up against two vampires and yet she's gone in full blown panic mode when it came to a stupid school dance. It's actually quite funny.

The blonde's breath hitches when she reaches the top of the stairs. Her eyes land on Leah and all of her worries suddenly melt away. The olive toned, silky dress couldn't be any more flattering on the girl- not to mention that the style compliments her toned figure perfectly.

Leah's warm eyes glance upwards when she hears footsteps from the top of the staircase and her smile only widens when she lays eyes on Diana. "Hey, are you ready to go?" She asks softly.

"Uh- yeah." Diana replies breathlessly, biting back the completely inappropriate compliment for friend she was about to say. She pulls out a clear plastic box and hands it to Leah. "I know you didn't get to have your ideal prom experience at your own school, so I thought I'd give you this."

"A corsage?" The taller girl's eyes become slightly teary, thinking about everything that had happened before her own prom- rendering her completely unfit to go. She'd been planning her and Sam's outfits for ages but obviously they had never actually gone together. "Diana-"

The slayer's eyes widen upon Leah's sad expression. "You know what, it's ugly. I don't even know why I even got it." She retracts her arm and goes to toss the box away.