#and Dina was supposed to be heterosexual and NIna was supposed to be bisexual but

[sunnydayzes]

Dina could feel her heart jump into her throat at the change in Cassie's tone, and the change in the conversation all together. This felt...different. She had come out to hang out with her friends but, it was almost starting to feel like she was on a date. Dina couldn't remember the last time she had actually been on a date, but holding Cassie's hands didn't feel like friendship to her and, the more puzzling thing was that it actually felt....right to her.

"Cassie.", Dina said, pulling her hands away from her friend, shifting on the bench as she cleared her throat. "Are you and Malcolm..."

"Malcolm is my friend.", Cassie said, letting out a soft sigh as she pushed her hair back behind her ear. "But, yes....Malcolm is my fiancé. The rumors are true. We're going to be married next month at this old church in Henford-on-Bagley where his parents were married. It's all done. It's been arranged since we were children."

Dina didn't know whether to be happy that she had figured it out, or if she should be sad that Cassie indeed was getting married. She thought she would be upset that she wouldn't have a chance to marry into the Landgraab family, but that wasn't what hurt her. She didn't want to lose Cassie, and that realization hit her hard; taking her breath away as she clutched her chest.

"I know you've got it in your head that you can marry Malcolm and all your problems will go away, but I would give up and move on, Di. Malcolm is not what you think he is and he wouldn't make you happy.", Cassie said, scrunching her fingers together as she stood up. "And at the end of the day, you deserve to be happy. We all do."

Dina felt like all her plans were falling apart, but she didn't know if that was a bad thing. Maybe this was the way things were supposed to turn out. If she couldn't get what she wanted from Malcolm, there had to be someone else out there. There had to be a way.

"Come on. I'll walk you home.", Cassie said, reaching out to offer Dina her hand again. Dina smiled, and took it, lost deep in her own thoughts as she let Cassie lead the way.

She really could follow her forever.