"What do you mean, you can't tell me what guy you went to SF to see?" My best friend Karli said, leaning into me and furrowing her eyebrows. "Is he cute?" A grin slipped across her red painted lips, her blonde and brown streaked hair being swung out of her face. "I need the gossip! Best friends tell each other things like this! If I meet a guy I tell you all about him, so why can't you tell me about your guy?" She whined as she leaned closer into me, picked up her cup of coffee and sipped it generously.

"I just..I just can't. It's hard to explain." I smiled sheepishly as I sipped my java chip.

Karli lowered her voice, "What's hard to explain? Did you sleep with him or something and you're embarrassed to tell me all the details? Was he really that bad in bed?"

My eyes widened and I laughed, "What! Who said anything about sleeping with anyone? I didn't. Seriously! Don't give me that look!" I laughed even harder as I watched Karli raise her eyebrows at me, suggesting that she didn't believe me.

"I swear, I didn't. Have I ever randomly slept with someone? You know me better than that, I have morals." I grinned and put my cup down onto the small table and crossed my legs, examining my ripped jeans and picking at the loose strings.

"Okay, so you didn't sleep with anyone. Then why can't you tell me who he is? It's not like he's someone important or famous, lets be serious here. There's no need to keep this a secret! I'd totally tell you if I was in your shoes!" She rolled her eyes and sighed dramatically.

My body froze and my head shot up to look at Karli's face, my eyes wide and my face blank.

"No fucking way," Karli whispered and moved her chair to me. "What the fuck? No joke, someone important or famous?"

"I don't know what you're on about." I scuffed at her advances and grabbed my drink quickly and began to drink, hoping that this conversation would end quickly.

"Liar, you're straight up lying to me right now! Who is he!" She whispered quietly and looked around to see if anyone was in earshot. "Tell me!"

"There's nothing to tell! I swear!" I laughed nervously and pushed my hair out of my face, never once looking Karli in the face in fear that she would see that I was deceiving her.

"Look at me, Savannah Kents. Look at me in the eyes and tell me that I have this all wrong."

I looked over at Karli and smiled softly, "You are completely wrong."

"I've known you for twelve years. Do you honestly think I wouldn't be able to tell if you were bullshitting me?"

"Listen, it's really not important at all. Seriously. Why does it even matter?"

"Do you want me to start naming off anyone remotely important in San Fran?" She suggested and grinned at me, leaned back in the chair and narrowed her eyes at me.

"Not really, I'd prefer if you didn't."

"I'll start with the obvious. The Giants." She cupped her hands and giggled as I ran my hand through my hair nervously. "It's a Giants player? Oh shit, this is good stuff right here!"

I leaned into her, whispering and looking at the people surrounding us, "Karli, we cannot be talking about this right now, okay? Seriously?"

"That's fine. Let's go to my place and we can talk about it then." I watched as Karli jumped up and grabbed her purse and her coffee, standing in her spot and staring at me- expecting me to jump up and join her.

"Please, Karli. Can we just drop this subject?"

Karli's eyebrows furrowed and she dropped her purse back onto the table and sat back down. "Brian Wilson?"

"For fucks sake, Karli! What the hell is the matter with you! I asked you not to talk about this here." I snapped angrily and put my hand over my eyes.

"So it is!"

I quickly tore my hand from my glasses, "No! Goodness! Jesus Christ, lets go to your place if we have to discuss this!" I suddenly stood up and grabbed my belongings and quickly exiting Starbucks and heading to my SUV. I unlocked my doors and slid into the drivers seat and locked my doors. I watched Karli strut out, wave to me, and get into her black Volvo. I grabbed my purse and found my phone and nervously dialed Tim's number.

I sighed in relief when I heard his smooth voice reach my ears, "Hey!" The smile in his voice was evident and I felt my worries melt away.

"H-Hi. I have a wee bit of a problem here." I said anxiously and looked over at Karli who was looking at me and still smiling. I looked down at my lap to avoid her gaze.

The panic was evident in his voice as he smoke, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Mhm, yeah, i'm fine. The thing is..is that my best friend is making guesses on who you are. I haven't told her anything, but she's one sneaky bitch who figures everything out. She already guessed that you play for the Giants and she's guessed Brian. She wants me to go back to her place so we can talk..I don't know what to do." I sighed into the phone, tears stinging my eyes and my voice crackling.

"Babe, don't cry. It's okay. Listen, if you don't feel comfortable telling her then don't." His velvet voice pierced my ears and a smile crossed my lips.

I pushed away the one tear that fell, "It's not that I don't feel comfortable. It's more that I don't want to make you upset."

"Savannah, I would never get upset if you told your best friend about me. Hell, i've already told my best friend Drew about you weeks ago."

"Really? Okay, if you think it's okay. I don't want to step on your toes or anything."

I heard Tim laugh softly, "Step on my toes? As long as you don't tell random people and sell me out to the magazines or whatever I don't care. Just tell..I don't know..those that are close to you." He sounded so sweet and caring that I felt like a complete ass for even having a panic attack over this whole thing.

"Okay. Thanks." I spoke softly, smiling, "I miss you."

There was a slight pause before Tim spoke, "I miss you too, a lot. We haven't seen each other in four days."

"I know, I hate it. You should come out here. Tonight. We can hang out at my house."

"What about your mom?"

"She's spending the night at her boyfriends house and my sister took a trip up to Oregon. Please?"

I could imagine the smile that Tim, "Okay. Yeah, that sounds good. Will you cook me dinner or something?" He chuckled softly which made me grin and blush.

I said seductively and I lowered my voice lowered, "Is this some sort of date, Lincecum?"

He laughed nervously, "Actually, yes, it is. I'll bring over movies?"

"Hmm, okay. That sounds good. Remember, no meat. I'll be cooking something completely meat free."

"Yuck, seriously?"

"Yes, seriously! Don't worry, it will be good. I better get going though, Karli looks like she's getting frustrated."

"Alright, that's fine. Want me to come over around six?"

"Yeah, six is good for me."

I could hear the smile in Tim's voice as he spoke excitedly, "Okay! Awesome. I'll see you later then!"

I laughed, "Okay, have a good day!"

I put my car in reverse and drove out of the parking lot, looking in my rear view mirror to see if Karli was following. Indeed she was. We sped down the street and into her development, finding our destination I pulled out front of her apartment and turned my car off. I grabbed my purse from the passenger seat and climbed out of my car and began to walk up to where Karli stood.

"You took forever on the phone. Were you confirming with your boyfriend if you could tell me who he is?" She looked over at me as we walked to her front door, unlocking it and both of us walking into her apartment.

"Actually, yes. I was."

"So he IS someone important! Damn girl." I laughed at her and took at seat in her family room, propping my feet on her coffee table after slipped off my sandals. "So, who is he?" Karli egged me on, grinning at me and leaning towards me in her seat.

"Maybe i'll let you guess since you've already started."

She groaned and rolled her eyes, "Come on!"

I laughed at how pathetic she was being, "Fine. His name is Tim."

"No fucking way! Tim? As in Tim Lincecum? You're dating that babe?" She jumped out of her seat and threw her hands in the air, "This is crazy! Why didn't you tell me this ages ago!"

"Calm down!" I laughed and shook my head at her, she was incredibly overly dramatic over the silliest things. "I couldn't tell you. Well, I guess I could have but I didn't think I could. And were not dating, were just friends."

"Give me a break. Just friends? I don't buy it."

"We are just friends."

"But...but you two hangout a lot? You two kissed?"

"So? What does that have to do with anything?" I suggested, raising my eyebrows at her.

"Lets be serious here. You like him, he likes you."

"If were meant to date we will. Eventually."

"Eventually? What does that mean?"

"It means i'm not going to push this down his throat or force him to be with me. It is what it is. We enjoy each other's company. Yeah, I like him. I'm pretty sure he likes me as well. But that doesn't mean we should just jump into a relationship. Theres more to this than just dating."

Karli rolled her eyes, "Like what? Like you said, you both like each other. So date."

"Well, it's not as simple as you thing it is. We would have to keep our relationship on the DL. It would have to be very hush-hush since were both very private people. I'm sure he has crazy ass fans out there that would kill me. He travels a lot. He is under an immense amount of stress. There's just a lot we need to talk about and figure out. It's not as simple as any normal relationship." I shrugged my shoulders and leaned back into the couch and closed my eyes.

"True, true. When are you seeing him next? Do you think you'll bring all this up?"

"He's coming to my house tonight and i'm not sure if i'll bring it up. Who knows, he might bring it up. I don't know. Like I said, i'm not about to jump into this or rush it. All I know is that my feelings are real. I really do like him." My cheeks burned red as I revealed my feelings for Tim, Karli squealed and clapped her hands together.

"This is so awesome. My best friend is seeing a Giants player. You HAVE to hook me up with Brian Wilson."

I groaned, "Oh God, seriously? Brian is such a pain in the ass!"

"What! You met him! What is he like?"

"He's like a big pain in the ass, like I said. And of course I met him."

"This is just too much for me to handle," Karli said and massaged her temples and leaned back into her recliner and closed her eyes. We sat there quiet and my mind began to drift off to seeing Tim later that night.