Just Friends - A Real Man, #19

Ust friends.?That's what I thought we were . until we weren't, until my love for Mia was too consuming that I couldn't ignore it anymore. Until I couldn't deny it.?And when we'd lost someone close to us both-her brother, my best friend-it was that life-changing moment that I told myself to man up.?It was that loss that drew us closer, that made me realize I'd been a fool to stay back.?But we'd always been just friends.?Two words that meant a hell of a lot more than I wanted them to.?Two words that were this wall between us.?Two words that I wanted gone when I looked at her.?There was a time when I would have been fine with that title.
But that time had passed.?I was done being just friends. I was ready to finally make Mia mine. I just hoped she felt the same way.?