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1 " It’s because I fell in love with this incredible girl my freshman year. Only I didn’t know how to be in love, so I did the only thing I could to keep her close. I became her friend. I became her best friend, and buried all of my own feelings so deep that I didn’t even recognize them, because her feelings were all that mattered, and she wanted this other guy. "
― Lauren Layne , Blurred Lines (Love Unexpectedly, #1)
2 " You hurt me, I want to say. You’re my best friend. The one who’s supposed to tell me I’d be the best boyfriend in the world and that any girl would be lucky to have me, not the one who laughs outright at the thought that I might need someone to love. "
3 " Chemistry is like anything in life. The more you look for it, the harder it is to find. "
4 " Slowly, though, my fingers savoring the familiar soft skin. And then I let her go. I let her go all the way then, because she’s my best friend. And because I care way too much to hurt her any more than I already have by keeping her close. "
5 " that’s one rather crucial detail we’ve each learned about the other person. That we’ll put their needs first. Always. "
6 " I can’t shake the feeling that Parker just told me goodbye. Not goodbye to our friendship, because that will always be there in some capacity. But goodbye to the way we used to be. The way we could have been. "
7 " smiles. “No, I’m saying find someone who you can talk to. Someone who makes you laugh. I think you’ll realize that that’s what you find attractive. "
8 " What if the right guy… …Has been right in front of me? "
9 " I want another chance. With you. And I don’t want to just pick up where we left off, I want to start fresh. "
10 " Real best friends can generally go more than a couple hours without mentioning each other’s name, but Korie found a way to fit Stephen’s name into every other sentence. Just friends my ass. "
11 " Stephen had a girlfriend named Libby Tittles, or something unfortunate like that, and Korie had this on-again-off-again thing with her junior high boyfriend. But anyone who’s ever seen a movie, or watched TV, or just had basic awareness of human interaction saw exactly where Korie and Stephen were heading: Humpville. "
12 " New house rule: No talking about Parker’s panties. Actually, no using the word panties at all. "
13 " But we all know how this ends, right? Just a few short months later, not only were Korie and Stephen no longer dating, they sure as hell weren’t best friends. "
14 " Guys and girls can’t be just friends. Or not best friends, anyway. Shit gets too complicated. "
15 " I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he jacks off to an Excel spreadsheet. "
16 " I want what I have with Ben— the laughter, and the commitment, and someone to talk my problems over with…. But I want the other stuff, too. The flowers on Valentine’s Day, the kisses in public, the eventual ring on the fourth finger. I want someone who will hold my hand at the mall or at Starbucks. Not someone who will only ever touch me on a quiet deserted beach at midnight. "
17 " Parker glances at Demi. “Polly’s his favorite doll. He was allowed to take one with him to rehab, providing he didn’t do anything, well… weird. "
18 " New house rule,” I say. “You have to say it every day. "
19 " And then I feel like the biggest asshole because she gives me this beyond-happy smile, and I realize I’ve just done the ultimate dick move of toying with one girl’s emotions just to get a rise out of another girl. "
20 " Apparently it was, like, ohmigod, like, the best thing ever to have a guy she could talk to without complicating things with romantic entanglements. Please. "
