***Serena***
I look at Ella in shock, my breath catching in my throat.
"It does?" I exclaim, my voice rising with disbelief, "he finally feels it? It's all real…it's—"
Laughter spills out of me, bubbling over as I look between them, overwhelmed by this incredible news. But then, something shifts in the air. A strange quiet presses in.
I blink.
Why can’t I hear them?
"You’re both… different," Ella says bluntly, studying me.
"Different? How?" My excitement falters, unease creeping in. "I mean… nothing has physically changed."
"What’s happened since we saw you last week?" she asks, her brows knitting together.
"Um… I finished my university applications, we went out to London, I met his parents and stayed at the palace last night," I rattle off. Then, my expression softens, and a slow
