God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”“It’s kind of perfect,” Lauren said, handing the plaque back to Camila who took it gratefully.“I don’t know, I think it’s kind of stupid now that I’ve actually given it to you,” Dinah said uncertainly. “I found it because I actually googled ‘What to get your friend as a gift who’s just gotten out of rehab?’ and that came up. I had absolutely no idea, I mean, it’s never happened to me before.” She explained and Camila smiled at her friend’s honesty. “Apparently they’ve kind of adopted this,” she said pointing to the plaque, “in alcoholics anonymous and other twelve step programs but I think the words are kind of fitting for you and I don’t know, perhaps they’d give you some encouragement or something.”Dinah groaned audibly.“Ok so yeah, this really wasn’t a good gift,” she went on and Camila shook her head in disagreement.“No it is,” Camila dismissed the taller girl’s concerns truthfully. “It’s perfect Dinah, thank you. I’m going to put it up on my bedroom wall at home and that way I can look at it every morning when I wake up and it’ll remind me that I’ll always have your support, that I can’t change the fact that the accident happened but that I can strive to continue moving on from it, to try and change the way I think about it, how I live my life now because of it.”“Really?” Dinah asked, her mood brightening at Camila’s words.“Yes,” Camila replied smiling. “You know, I used to look for lots of inspirational quotes on tumblr when I was in rehab, especially if I’d had a bad day,” she admitted, “and this one would always come up. It was one of my favourites along with ‘If you’re going through hell, keep going.’” She shared. “I don’t know why but I really liked that Winston Churchill one for some reason.”“Well,” Dinah said, gesturing to the other’s assembled around the table. “I think I speak for all of us when I say that we’ve really missed you being around Mila,” she said, her voice thick with emotion. “I mean, I can’t normally stand your jokes,” she laughed, trying to hold back the tears which were threatening to fall, “but it’s surprising what you’ll miss when someone isn’t around all the time anymore and as much as I love these girls,” Dinah said, smiling at the others appreciatively for their support over the last couple of months. “You’re my best friend,” she said, placing one hand on Ally’s which hand found its way to her shoulder encouragingly. “No,” Dinah said thoughtfully, “You’re not my best friend.” She realised and Camila frowned.“I’m not?” she asked, chuckling slightly.“No, you’re so much more than that,” Dinah revealed. “I’ve known you since the moment I was born,” she explained. “We’ve literally grown up together and you know everything about me Mila. You’ve been there for me through it all, the good, the bad, the hilariously embarrassing,” she added, trying to make light of the deep conversation they’d found themselves in, a tear falling slowly down her cheek. “You’re my sister.” She declared. “You might not be my family by blood, but you are in every other way possible. In fact, you’re even more special to me than some of my family.” She realised, “because you can’t choose your family, you have to love them because you’re related, because there’s a tie there.” She explained, “However you chose to be a part of my life and to allow me to be a part of yours. You stuck by me through everything because you wanted to, not because of some familial obligation.”Dinah waved her hand dismissively.“I guess what I’m saying is that I love you,” Dinah finished, sensing that she was becoming overly emotional. “I love you and I’m just glad that you’re home again alright?”Camila’s face broke out in to a wide grin at Dinah’s words and she reached forward to wrap her arms around her warmly.“I love you too,” Camila reciprocated as Dinah’s arms squeezed her tightly. “You honestly have no idea how much you mean to me,” she expressed, leaning back and wiping at her eyes with the back of her hand to remove the damp that was collecting there. “Everything you said about me just now…I feel exactly the same way about you too, if not more so,” Camila said as she noticed Ally wipe her own eyes, the short girl moved by her and Dinah’s interaction. “You were the only person after the accident that tried to joke with me and make me laugh like I used to,” Camila told her, “you stood by me through everything, including those dark days when you’d come with me to rehab and I couldn’t walk, remember? I’d swear at you and call you all sorts of horrible things because I was angry at everyone…” she reflected. “You didn’t have to stay then Dinah but you did…”“Yeah well,” Dinah said, wiping at her eyes again. “I wouldn’t have had any other friends if I’d walked away from you,” She chuckled, only half-joking. “You were all I had.”“I’m sorry I was so horrible to you back
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