Baker's Dozen Story #12

Dancing Around a Truth (Romance Fic)

Their warm palms touched, lightly gripping each other as the soothing notes of a song floated through the air.

Rick's thumb caressed the small of her back as she rested her cheek upon his firm shoulder. They held each other close, swaying together in perfect unison. His lips buried themselves in her dreadlocked hair and his eyelids fluttered closed, reveling in the warmth of her body. He inhaled her familiar essence and his thoughts floated away. His heart beat steadily as he held his best friend in his arms.

Tonight was the night he would finally tell her how much she meant to him. She'd stolen his heart and mind, her name had burnt its place in his soul. She deserved to know what he was feeling.

She needed to know her best friend was completely and utterly in love with her.