Friends • E.D.

ten

As I drove home Ethan’s words ran through my mind at top speed.

“I love you.”

“I can’t live without you.”

“Our friendship means more than one night of passion.”

Is that really all I wanted, a friendship? It was hard to see myself with him in any other way yet...I couldn’t see myself without him. I had also been with him in that way...and damn was it a good way, best way I’d had in a long time. Everything was there except my head. I couldn’t wrap myself around the thought of us being something more. No matter what my heart said my head fought it, telling myself that it was taboo.

Something inside just wouldn’t shake, but I just needed time to let it rattle. And Ethan was willing to give me that time. Now all I needed to know was what to do with it.

I pulled into my driveway to see something sitting outside my door. Turning off my car I slowly made my way towards it, seeing it was an arrangement of flowers. Not just any flowers, be an arrangement of beautiful two toned roses, with white centers and red tips.

I knelt down in front of it, breathing in it’s sweet fragrance. As I opened my eyes I saw the card sitting precisely in the middle of the surrounding roses. I took it in my hands, opening it as I stood.

They’re still nothing compared to you.

-E

I smiled as I read the words repeatedly, my heart swelling in my chest. He definitely wasn’t wasting any time.