Hes become my best friend the way the others did: bit by bit, sand passing through an hourglass so slowly, its impossible to pin down the moment it happens. When suddenly more of my heart belongs to him than doesnt, and I know Ill never get a single grain back. Hes a golden boy. Im a girl whose life has been drawn in shades of gray. I try not to love him. I really try.
Where Cleo whispered, as if it were a secret or a prayer, I've never had friends like this, and Sabrina and I nodded solemnly, the three of us holding hands until we drifted off.