That night I didn't sleep much. There were too many things on my mind. How could I tell Lizzie how I felt about her? How would Miranda feel if the day after she tells me she loves me I tell Lizzie I love her? Maybe Miranda thought that we were going out. Or maybe she didn't. I put my pillow over my face, and tried not to think about it. It didn't work. I looked at the alarm clock. It was three in the morning.

I got out of bed and went out to the deck. To my surprise Lizzie was already out there. Wrapped up in a blanket. "What are you doing up?" I said, taking a seat next to her on the bench. "I just came out to look at the ocean." She said glancing up at me briefly then turning her head back towards the ocean. "Isn't it beautiful." "Yeah." I said, not looking at the ocean, but at her. "It sure is." She leaned over and rested her head on my soulder, and covered me with part of the blanket. I put my arm around her. We sat there for a few minutes without talking. Just looking at the water. I looked over at her. "I love you Lizzie." Oh shit! Did I just say that out loud. She looked at me with a confused look on her face. She sat up. She moved her eyes from my face to the ground. Then after what seemed like an hour she looked back at me. Her face changed into a smile. Her eyes began to water and a tear rolled down her cheek. Then she moved over to me and gave me a hug. "I love you too." I was so happy. I couldn't believe that she had just said that. I gave her a long slow kiss. At that moment my life was perfect. Until an image of Miranda flashed through my head. "Lizzie, there's something I have to tell you." I told her the whole story about Miranda. Starting from the kiss at her house, and ending at the walk on the beach. "You have to tell her how you feel." she said. She sounded worried. "I will." I said, not wanting to, but knowing it had to be done.

That day we spent on the beach. Drinking, surfing, and riding jetskis. Miranda seemed so happy. She must have felt the same way I felt last night when Lizzie had said she loved me. But I had to tell her. I waited until Lizzie went out on one of the seadoos. Miranda and I were laying on a blanket. "Finally, she's gone." Miranda said. She jumped on top of me and started to kiss me. I sat up. "Look, Miranda..." She looked at me with her beautiful brown eyes. "You're one of my best friends, and you always will be, but right now those are the only kind of feeling I have for you." There were a few seconds of silence. Then her eyes began to tear up. Only it wasn't the good kind of tears I had seen in Lizzie's eyes last night. She got up and ran into the house. I didn't know what to do. I felt like shit, and I still hadn't told her about Lizzie.

I made my way from the beach up into the house. I found Miranda in her room packing, still crying. "What are you doing?" She didn't answer me. I walk over to her and put my arm on her shoulder. She turned around and hit me in the chest. Then sat down on the bed. I sat next to her. "Miranda, don't leave. I really don't want you to go." She still hadn't looked at me. " I'm sorry I can't help it if I love Lizzie." Oh, shit. I let it slip out. "What!" she yelled, looking at me for the first time. She got off the bed. "You do! Why!" she said, her voice changing from mad to sad. "I don't know. I can't help it... Look Miranda," I tried to change the subject. "I don't want to ruin our friendship. You know you're still one of the most important people in my life, and I do anything to see you happy." "Then why don't you love me?" she said. She sounded so sad I almost cried. " I do, just not in that way. I sorry." I walked up to her and took both her hands in mine. "You know I'd never do anything to hurt you." I hugged her. "I know." she said hugging me back. "Now will you please stay?" I asked as I wipe the tears away from her eyes. "Okay." She finally said. I hugged her again. Then together we walked back out to the beach.



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