Next morning Melissa woke up to an amazing site. She laid there for a good while until he woke up.

"Hey." She said as she brushed his hair out of his face.

"Morning." He said as he stretched.

"Jeff we've been friends for a long time."

"Good to know you've realized this."

"No, I'm serious." She said as she playfully hit his arm.

"Well yeah, I mean 20 years is a pretty long time."

"Only one other person knows what I'm about to tell you."

"This sounds serious." he said with a sort of worried look on his face.

"It is, it's something I have been thinking about since before I even met Shannon."

"Ok what is it?"

"Oh this is going to sound stupid! Here it goes... Jeff I have had romantic feelings for you for a very long time."

"W...what?"

"I love you Jeff I love you."

"How long have you felt like this?"

"Um... about 10 years, since I was 16."

"Why haven't you said anything?"

"Because you were always with some girl and each time you were always telling me how much she meant to you. My feelings never seemed to matter," she said with a shrug.

"Of course you feelings matter! I just never knew."

"Well... I guess you know now."