❝ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧' 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧' 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. ❞

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It was tough losing someone close to you.

For the past few weeks now, you’ve been distancing yourself from other people and staying home after you received the news. You couldn’t bear it and felt like you needed to shut the world out, taking a break from it. You were tough but how much can you take more before you can really crack?

When your best friend Lana came to visit to check on you, she saw how disheveled you look and she heard about the news. She wanted to be there for you, not let you go through this alone. No matter how much you try to push her away when you desperately need some light in the darkness, she stayed and helped you through this.

She tried to get you out the house more instead of letting you rot in your room, taking you places to keep your mind occupied, letting you heal. The sadness was still there, never truly left but you started to feel better each and every day.

Lana believed you were brave, a diamond in the rough, still shining despite how hard it might be.

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You were sitting on the couch, absentmindedly scrolling on your phone when the doorbell rang. Getting up, you walked to the door and opened it to see your best friend Lana.

Her face was etched with concern but there was a warm smile on her lips. “Hey, ready to head out today? I was thinking we could go to a barn, knowing how much you enjoy being around animals."