Once Friends

A second chance for these two once upon a time best friends could last a lifetime.

I never thought I’d see Jay West again, at least not outside my TV screen. We first met when he was eleven, and I was ten. Our older sisters forced us to play together while they ran upstairs to make unsolicited phone calls to cute boys. Finally, Jay asked me the name of the puppet I was holding in my hands.

I hung my head, embarrassed by what my sister called my state of perpetual geekdom, and said, “Skinny Pig.”

He said, “cool!” And from that moment onward, we became best friends forever—or at least that’s what I thought.

Years later, I developed boobs, and he became a teenage heartthrob. Then came that night.

Something happened between us—something unexpected and confusing. That was fifteen years ago, and we hadn’t spoken since then. Now here I am, staring into Jay’s come hither eyes. He’s no longer a boy, and I’m not a girl. I’m a woman, and he’s a gorgeous man who’s just offered me the position of a lifetime.

Should I take it?

If I say no, my mundane life

This standalone best-friends-to-lovers romance ends with happily ever after.