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When I remain silent, Brayden bursts out laughing. “I’m just kidding. God...the look on your face is priceless.”
Definite mistake.
Before I can backtrack from the discussion, Brayden says, “All joking aside, I get it. Your feelings for Sasha have changed and you’re wondering if you should do something about it. You’re friends—good friends—and you don’t want to ruin that.”
My shoulders collapse under the weight of his words. In a nutshell...
“That’s exactly it.”
His lips lift into a knowing smile. “See how easy that was?”
Easy my ass.
“What are you looking for? A little bit of advice?”
“Yeah, I guess I am.” It can’t hurt, right?
Don’t answer that.
“Here are my thoughts on the matter.” There’s a pause. “If you think this is a passing thing, then keep it to yourself. There’s no reason to ruin a perfectly good friendship over a bit of attraction that will probably end up fizzling out.”
My mouth turns bone dry. What is he saying? That I should keep these newly realized feelings to myself and hope they disappear?
Before I can ask for clarification, he continues, “But, if you think Sasha could be the girl who changes everything for you,” his gaze flickers over the sea of people filling the first floor of our house and I imagine that he’s searching for his newly minted girlfriend, “then you gotta take a chance.” His attention zeros in on me again. “Because it’s worth it.”
The last thing I want to do is ruin our decades long friendship, but I also don’t want to miss out on something that could be amazing because I was too chickenshit to take a chance.
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know a damn thing about love.
Sasha is the only girl I’ve ever had strong feelings for. If she’s out celebrating, I want to be by her side, cheering her on. If she’s sad or upset, I want to be the one who makes her feel better. If she’s struggling with an issue, I want to be the one who swoops in and solves it. Not that she needs me to step in and take over, but still...I want to be the one she turns to no matter what’s going on in her life.
When it comes down to it, I just want to be with her.
No matter what’s going on.
I straighten on the chair as that thought crashes unexpectedly through my head.
Well, shit.
Sasha has been standing in front of me this entire time and I never realized it. Never even considered the possibility that we could be more than friends.
Until now.
“What are you going to do?” Brayden asks, cutting into the whirl of my thoughts.
I shake my head. In the past, the path I’ve always needed to take has been clear. There have never been any questions as to how I’m going to proceed. But this...
“I’m not sure.” The dilemma continues to roll around inside my head. What I do know is that Sasha and I fit together perfectly. She’s my other half.
But what if she doesn’t feel the same way?
What if she thinks we’re better off as friends?
What then?
Chapter Five
Sasha
