Brie and John had just walked through the door of John's house. They were going to be there for the next three days.
"Well we're here." John said. "You can pick any of the guestrooms you want."
"Ok."
"Is there any special you would like for dinner?"
"You don't have to go through any trouble."
"It would be no trouble at all."
"I'm sure whatever you pick will be fine. "
"Ok."
"I'm gonna go find a room."
Two hours later John was getting ready to leave. He stood in the doorway of the room Brie picked.
"I'm gonna go to the gym." John said.
"Ok."
"Help yourself to anything you want." "Want me to leave my keys to my other car?"
"No that's ok."
"Alright." "I'll be back in a couple hours."
"Ok."
Two hours later John came back.
"I'm home Brie." John said. He went upstairs. John was in the hall. Brie came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. Her hair was wet.
"Hi."
"Hi." John cleared his throat.
"When did it you get home?"
"Just a few minutes ago."
"Well I'm gonna go get dressed."
"Ok."
Later that night John was making dinner. He went to the bottom of the stairs.
"Brie dinner." He called up.
"I'll be right down." A few minutes later she came down. "That smells great."
"Go ahead and sit down." "It'll be ready in a minute."
"Ok." She sat down. A few minutes later John brought there plates.
"You do eat meat right?"
"Yeah." "What kind of chicken is this?"
"It's onion chicken." "You've never had it before?"
"No." She took a bite. "It delicious."
"I figured you'd like it."
When they finished there meal Brie got up and started collecting the dishes.
"What are you doing?" John asked.
"Well you cooked so I'm doing the dishes."
"You don't have to."
"I want to." "It's only fair."
"Ok."
Brie was standing at the sink doing the dishes. John stood beside her.
"You wash and I dry." He said.
"Ok." "John thank you for letting me stay here."
"It's no problem at all."
"I'm having fun."
"I'm glad."
After they finished the dishes they went into the living room and sat on the couch. They were talking.
"John I have a question if you don't mind." Brie said.
"Alright."
"It's about your ex-wife."
"Ok."
"What went wrong with that?" "I mean you seem like a great guy." "I don't get it."
"Well Liz just couldn't handle the lifestyle I had." "I was on the road a lot and she grew to hate and resent me because of it." "It sucked because I really did love her." "I just couldn't live like that anymore."
"It sucks for people to change in a relationship."
"Yeah."
"Like with me and Daniel." "I love him." "I do."
"But?"
"But during our separation I've been thinking a lot about whether I can spend the rest of life with him or not." "Especially if he can emotionally abandon me when I need him most." "It's hard to explain."
"I think I know what you mean." "You're at a crossroads in your life and your trying to figure which way to go."
"Sort of."
"Wow." John said looking at the clock on the wall. "It's three in the morning."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"I guess we got caught up in conversation."
"I guess."
"I'm gonna go to bed."
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
John was laying in bed. He was thinking about Brie.
"Every day I feel closer and closer to her." John thought. "All she can ever be is my friend." "I know I shouldn't be around her because I don't want my feelings for her develop anymore then they already have." "Daniel doesn't deserve her."