Joe woke first and I am glad she did. As I was starting to wake, I could feel her right hand running through my chest hair. It felt incredible. I didn’t want her to stop, so I pretended to be asleep. After about five minutes, she started talking to me. What she said changed my life forever.
“Oh, Why did this happen? Everything is screwed up now. Yesterday, things were so perfect. We were best friends. Now, it’s ruined. We should have just left. Why did we let things get physical between us?” She started sobbing. She continued rubbing my chest. “I love you so much, but we just can’t do this. If things didn’t work out between us, it would ruin our friendship. I don’t want to lose you, so that’s why when we head back to school I’m going to move into the apartment across the hall.” She started touching my cheek. I was close to tears. It was time to let her know how I felt. I slowly moved my hand up as she continued. ”We’ll still spend a lot of time together, but we’ll sleep in different rooms. I don’t want to risk losing you. I love you so much!!!”
Joe slid her hand back down to my chest. When she brushed my arm, I reached up and took her hand in mine.
“I love you too Joe!” I stared into her eyes. She was stunned. At that moment, I thought I had really screwed up.
“ why did you let me go on like that?” Her eyes welled up.
“Because it felt good to hear and I love you Joe.” I wiped away her tears and kissed her hand. I rolled over onto my side and began rubbing her cheek. “I’ve always loved you, and I’m worried about you. Don’t move out.” My voice cracked a little. “If you don’t want to get involved, that’s ok. I’d rather have you as a friend, than not at all. But at least give us a chance. I think you’ll find that there’s not a single way possible that we could screw things up. We love each other too much!!!”
She gasped as I leaned in and kissed her lips gently. She was crying again. But there was something different about these tears. There was no sorrow behind them.
I rolled over on top of her and looked her in the eyes. She just glared back with tears obscuring her vision. I wiped away her new tears and gave her another kiss on her lips. And another. I was starting to feel as though I would never be with this woman. I gave her another kiss and then looked into her eyes. She stared at me blankly, blinked once and then gave the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. She wrapped her arms around my neck, pulled me close to her and kissed me.
“! PLEASE! Make love to me!”
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