~LAYLA~ The evening is already getting darker, and tonight is the night of the birthday party. I am going to lose myself for a while and forget about the discomfort that has been living in my chest for days. No Raelin. No overthinking. And definitely no Kira. Just me, Brie, and Zuby. I can finally get to party like a maniac for the first time in my life. Brie's room still has that wonderful smell of citrusy lemon fragrance, such a lovely scent that I have come to associate with her ever since I first stepped into this room. Right now, there are clothes folded at a corner of the bed, but there are still others that are scattered around that corner. Also, there is a half-empty makeup bag spilling its contents onto the bed, and a small mirror belonging to Zuby that is propped against one o

