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her… I’m going to
tell her … in five minutes, maybe ten.   I suck.
    We
go back to watching the last few minutes of the movie and I zone out knowing
that Alex will cry for fifteen minutes after the old people die.
    After
drying her eyes she asks, “What are you doing tomorrow?”
    “I’m
going to the beach party.” I reply, playing with her hair.
    “With who ?” she questions.
    “Evelyn…”
    Her
eyebrows furrow. “Why do you like her? She is so… so….”
    Not
you.
    “So
… what?” I chuckle. “You never like any of the
girls who are interested in me.”
    “Ha!
I could say the same thing about you …” she laughs.
    “That’s
because you date prissy douche bags.” I defend myself.  Even though I know
that I don’t like them because they are not good enough for her.  No one
is. 
    “You
haven’t had a steady girlfriend in a long time.” She says quietly, twisting her
long golden brown hair with her hands over her left shoulder. She always does
this when she is nervous. “How come?” She asks.
    Because
I am waiting for you.
    “Because,”
I say instead, “I haven’t found the right girl yet.” I can feel the tension
between us, something that is barely ever present in our relationship so I say,
“And besides, I like playing the field. I never get bored.”  
    She
elbows me in my side, probably hurting her arms more than hurting me. “You are
such a player.” She retorts.
    I
sigh, pulling her into my arms and holding her tight.  I wasn’t a
player.  The girls that I dated served one sole purpose – a distraction
from my feelings for Alex.
    “I
love you.” I hear myself say. Shocked at myself, I try not to breathe. 
She stiffens in my arms until I hear her giggle.
    “I
love you too … you’re the best friend a girl could ever wish for.”  She cuddles
more against my side and kisses me softly on my cheek.  I hold her tight
and wish that I had the balls to tell her how I feel.

Chapter
4
    Alex
    I
give myself a quick survey in the mirror before heading out to the beach party.
Tonight I chose a short, tight black dress with long sleeves, and red sandals.
I sigh loudly as I tie my hair into a high bun and my thoughts travel to last
night, when Kade and I were watching movies.  Kade told me that he loved
me and my heart had literally stopped for a few seconds.  At that moment
the possibility that he could love me as more than friends was more appealing
that I would have liked to admit.  Last night I almost jumped into his
arms, until I realized that we always tell each other that we love each other …
as friends.  I blush thinking about it. 
    He
had walked me to my car.  It was getting late and he had plans with his
family the following morning. 
    “Are
you sure you’re ok – I know that you and Nathan were getting pretty close…” he drifted
off, leaning against my little yellow Volkswagen.
    “I’m
okay, Kade really… Nathan is an amazing person, but something was always
missing from the relationship.” I sighed.  “Maybe something is wrong with
me.”
    He
huffed at that. “Nothing is wrong with you…” he pulled me in front of him in
between his legs and wrapped his big arms around my waist.   I
imagined that we would look like a couple to passersby.  That thought made
me smile and I sniffed at his green shirt.  He always smelled nice – like
cinnamon.
    “You’re
always sniffing me,” he said into my hair.
    “Because
you always smell so nice,” I replied grinning up at him.  I sank into his
warmth and my mind drifted back to Nathan.
    “And
on top of that,” I said into his shirt deciding to be honest. “You know that he
was just too jealous of our relationship.”
    He
looked down at me and when he didn’t say anything I continued.
    “He
didn’t like or understand how we could be so close.  This whole month he
has been badgering me…” I trailed off.
    “What
did he say?” Kade questioned.
    “He
wanted to know if we had ever messed