Two Hearts in Europe

"I can't believe this is finally happening," Luiza said as she stared at herself in the mirror, "I'm getting married to the love of my life."

Arla smiled at her best friend. "You're going to make such a beautiful bride," she replied, "I've never known someone who could go from looking like a hobo to a princess in just...like...two minutes."

Luiza looked down at her rumpled clothes, "Glad it's not too late for you to change your mind about me being your maid of honor."

"I've always wanted you by my side on this special day," Arla replied, taking Luiza's hands and squeezing them tightly, "and I'm so glad that you're still here with me."

"Me too," Luiza replied, looking back up at the mirror, "I don't know what I would do without you. You've been there for me through everything: first love, family deaths, breakups, moving...you're always there." She turned around and wrapped Arla in a hug. "You're the best friend anyone could ever ask for."

Arla hugged her back tightly. This was it. The moment had come. Luiza was getting ready to marry the man of her dreams and Arla was supposed to tell her how she really felt about her. Her stomach was turning over itself into knots and she couldn't find the words she needed to say out loud. When Luiza pulled back from the hug they were both crying a little bit and Arla wiped away some tears from her own eyes. She took a deep breath and opened her mouth but nothing came out. After a moment of silence she finally whispered:

"Thank you...for everything...*takes deep breath* but I don't think we should be friends anymore."

But instead of hearing Luiza gasp surprised or getting mad about Arla wanting to end their friendship and asking why she said that, all Arla heard was: *crash* *thump* *screams*. She turned around and saw that Luiza had fainted dead away on the floor. Her head was bleeding slightly where she hit it on the nightstand when she fell over backwards onto the bed. Oh no! thought Arla as she rushed over to check on her friend. Slowly, Luiza started to regain consciousness and sat up slowly while clutching her head with one hand while wiping tears out of her eyes with the other one.

"Are you alright?" asked Arla as she helped Luiza sit up on the edge of the bed.

"Yeah..." mumbled Luiza, "...just...I passed out right after you said that you didn't want to be friends anymore."

Arla sighed deeply and sat down next to Luiza on the bed, "I did say that but I didn't mean it!"

Luiza looked up at her with big eyes full of tears in confusion. She tried to speak but nothing came out other than a little squeak noise before tears started streaming down her cheeks again. *cries* *sobs* *wails*.