I’ve been waiting for this. Max and Michael and Isabel were my imaginary friends when I was a little girl. I used to dream about them every night. In my dreams, I was Cinderella, and Max was my prince. He would always be the one looking for me, not the other way around. My dreams would always end the same: my prince would take me back to his castle. Isabel would be my lady in waiting, my best friend. And Michael would be the brother I’d lost so long ago. Max and I would be married and we’d all live happily ever after. I know that it was just a dream. I really shouldn’t have expected anything like that. I told myself not to get my hopes up. I told myself that it probably wouldn’t be as easy as I hoped. But I didn’t care. Dreams are all I’ve ever had. Why shouldn’t I have the happily ever after that I’ve always had in my dreams?

I probably would have gotten what I wanted. I almost had Isabel. I still think that we could be friends. And Michael… he never would have been the perfect brother I have in my dreams. But I know that once he found out that I was his sister he would have warmed up to me. He’s never really had a family either. I could be his family now. I don’t even mind their relationships with the humans. Isabel could have been with Alex, Michael could have been with Maria, and I’d still have my best friend and my brother. Besides, Isabel and Michael would have figured it out eventually. They would have realized that they don’t need humans. That all we need is each other. That all we need is our destiny. It all would have worked out. Everything would have been okay.

But *she* messed everything up. He fell in love with her instead of me and everything messed up. All I want is a family. My family. I’m so close to them. I’m so close to finally having a real family. But they keep pushing me away. I’ve finally found a place where I’m supposed to belong, and yet, I still don’t belong there.

It makes no sense. My father, my guardian, whatever the hell he is, he told me all about them. He told me how it was supposed to be. He said that the years of searching would be worth it. He promised me. I believed him. But now everything is a mess. He didn’t tell me that we could fall in love with humans. He didn’t tell me that something like this could happen.