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the shorter side, she had a petite build that only added to her cuteness. Her skin was a sun-kissed tan that made her hair and eyes stand out even further. Definitely, she was his current girlfriend.
    Before I had had a chance to sneak away, she turned and saw me. The brightest of smiles lit up her face, and I was frozen to that spot, unable to leave. Those first rambling, babbling words will never leave me. She had been so nice it had startled me at first.
    “Oh! You must be Erin, right?! Am I right? Sometimes I’m wrong, so if I am, I’m sorry! And if you are Erin, I’m really happy to meet you finally. Well, I shouldn’t really say finally since Danny only told me about you a few days ago!” she said.
    “But don’t get me wrong, I’ve been wanting to meet you ever since! And don’t worry everything Danny told me about you was all good!” she added.
    “Oh my gosh! I still haven’t told you my name yet, have I?” she asked.
    “My name is Rose, Rose Edwards. It’s a pleasure to meet you. I hope we can become good friends,” she said as she stuck out her hand to me while I stared, blinking at her odd behavior.
    If I had known that in her bizarre language shaking her hand was agreeing to be her friend, I believe I still would have. She was a great person and friend, and she was someone whom I could go to when I needed to talk about Danny. I had shaken her hand, and we had eaten with Danny. She rambled on and on without pause or an end in sight. And when I mentioned gardening, she told me about how she loved to grow roses.
    It didn’t take long for her to start giving me advice on matters. I don’t know when it started, but whenever I had a problem and didn’t know how to fix it, she told me how when I couldn’t get a hold of Danny. She soon became someone I could confide in and trust. Rose filled the void that I hadn’t noticed my ex-best friend had left gaping within me when she walked out of my life. Her friendship became like a priceless gem to me that I wouldn’t trade for the world.
    They didn’t stay together long and broke up mutually. Afterward, they stayed friends. I don’t know what the reason was that broke them apart, but for some reason I think it was me. Maybe it was because on the day that they had broken up, Rose came to see me and told me Danny and she weren’t together anymore. When I didn’t reply, she simply smiled one of those bright smiles she always had on her lips and hugged me tight.
    “I leave him to you. So tell him how you feel already.”
    That’s what she said to me that day. She had known all along that I loved him, and that’s why I think they parted ways. Rose wasn’t the kind of person that would stay with someone if it hurt someone else that was a friend. She was just that kind of amazing person I guess. Thankfully, she hadn’t told Danny my feelings, leaving that part up to me. I didn’t tell him though.
    I had planned to. I rehearsed every line and thought of every possible outcome that could come after my confession. With shaking hands and more butterflies in my stomach than the entire population of the rain forest, I stood at his door ready to finally say those words that I had silently been carrying for years. And just as I raised my hand to knock, I halted. My jaw clenched as I laid my open hand upon the wooden support. In the end I couldn’t go through it. I didn’t want what we had to end because I knew he didn’t like my type that way. It was a heartbreaking realization, but it was reality and there was nothing I could do to change that. So I accepted my place at his side as a close friend and endured the many tears in my heart he caused every time he said he had gotten another girlfriend.
    The one that got me into my current field of work was Rose. When I had told her that I didn’t have a decided major, she had told me to go into nursing with her. When I argued that dealing with people wasn’t one of my strong points she had argued right back by