.•3•.

Going through everything she had packed in her traveling suitcase for the millionth time in a single hour, she sighed and worryingly bit her lip since she was still not sure that she had taken everything she needed.

Truth to be told, she had no idea what she needed exactly. Did she really need that many clothes? Will she wear a uniform or something? She knew rich people usually made their staff wear a uniform so maybe she didn't need to take so many clothes with her after all...Or maybe she did? Because miss Nancy, the nice old maid didn't exactly tell her how often she will be allowed to go home...

"Oh god..." She soothingly placed a hand over her forehead in a futile attempt to calm her excessively fretting mind as she once again did a quick check-up around her room.

"Done packing?" She heard Dan say from somewhere close behind, finding him standing in the doorway as she spun around to face him.

"Yeah, I guess so..." She quickly nodded as she took one last glance into her neatly stacked suitcase, at last deciding that she will leave it at that and come to take whatever she would need later.

She blew out a sigh as her gaze found her friend's once again, giving him a warm smile as she looked at him standing there so casually while holding a cup of steaming hot chocolate, and even with a pair of pink fuzzy slippers on.

"Thank you again for doing this for me," She truthfully said, moving to give him a hug as she felt so grateful for having such an amazing friend.

He had accepted to move in and take care of her mom for as long as she would have to stay at the King Estate.

"No problem roomie. Just doing some money saving," He said with a wink as she pulled back to look at him, earning himself a small chuckle.

"I love these slippers by the way. I'm so gonna steal them once you're moving back in," He stated with a wiggle of his toes, the girl lightly shaking her head at his antics before she turned back to zip up her suitcase and take it down from the bed.

"Here, let me help you," The young male quickly moved to help her put it down and drag it all the way downstairs to the living area connected to the small entrance hallway.

Climbing down the last steps right after Dan, Diana's gaze fell upon her mother who was just placing a steaming cup of tea over the coffee table before moving to take a seat on the couch.

Her chest filled with joy and a small amount of relief as she noticed the visible improvement in her mother's condition, the sight of her finally roaming the house again making her feel somewhat less reluctant to leave to her new workplace.

She wholeheartedly smiled as her mother's gaze found her own, quickly running to sit right next to her and engulf her into a bear hug.

The woman smiled back, giving her precious daughter a caring kiss over the top of her head, soothingly rubbing her back.

Diana sighed in contentment, taking a moment to relish into the comforting embrace of her mother and her calming familiar scent before she pulled back to look into her gentle brown eyes.

"It will be okay. We will be okay," She promised, giving her mother yet another heart-warming smile.

"I will take care of all the bills and everything, Dan will do the shopping and help you out around the house," She explained, earning a nod from the older female.

"I know baby,"

"This is all for a short period of time, I promise," She rushed to reassure her mom, even though her words felt like more intended to give her own mind a sense of security and peace.

Checking the time on her phone, she then moved to sit up and get ready to go since it was almost noon and she didn't want to waste any more time, knowing that she will have to get to King Estate and settle in as soon as possible, for she had her first day of work starting the next day.

"Okay, guess I'd better get going then," She announced as she took her black leather jacket from a comfy chair nearby, the young male and her mother quickly moving to follow her as she then put on her black boots and started to drag her suitcase outside, to her awaiting vehicle.

"I will come home as often as I can," She told them both, giving them a quick glance before she opened the trunk to put the suitcase inside.

Slamming it shut, she then walked back to the front porch to give her mom and her friend one last hug.

"Bye mom," She kissed her mother's forehead.

"Bye baby,"

"You take care, okay? I'll be one call away if you need me," Dan said as soon as she moved to hug him as well, earning a nod from her.

Giving them both one last glance and a loving smile, she then walked back to the car and climbed in the driver's seat, rolling down the window.

"Call us once you've settled in, okay?" Dan called from the porch right before she turned on the engine, the girl giving him yet another smile and a nod before she reared off of their driveway and drove off to King Estate.

.•**•.

Drawing in a deep breath, she grabbed the handle and knocked, waiting for only a few moments before the door opened, revealing miss Nancy.

"Miss Diana, come in," The maid kindly invited her in with a candid smile, the girl already starting to feel a little less anxious about this whole moving thing. This woman seemed nice for as far as she could tell.

Maybe we will get along very well, She hopefully thought with a timid smile of her own as she stepped inside the foyer, dragging the heavy suitcase after her.

"Come, I will give you a quick tour of the house and show you where everything is," Miss Nancy told her with a beckoning wave of her wrinkled hand as she begun to walk away, the girl awkwardly fumbling with herself as she did not know what to do first and where to leave her luggage.

"Oh, you can leave that there for now. I will show you to your room right after," The woman said to her as she had turned back and noticed her fretting.

The girl quickly nodded, neatly placing her suitcase somewhere close to a small table by the wall and out of the way.