They arent your friend.
Because friends wouldnt fuck with how you feel taking complete advantage of it.
Friends wouldnt lead you on like they have.
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And friends sure as hell dont wake up in bed next to each other saying it meant nothing.
Because you know its a lie.
Friends dont look at each other the way you do.
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Friends dont laugh with each other the way you do.
Friends dont talk to each other the way you do.
Friends dont touch one another like that.
You arent just friends.
There are history and feelings and what-ifs and maybes that linger.
It starts and ends there.
But with almost relationships and just friends, there is some emotional or physical connection thats there.
What youre really doing is allowing yourself to be emotionally invested in someone who cannot reciprocate those feelings.
What youre really doing is saying this is okay.
I would rather the bits and pieces you have left than nothing at all.
you might never be just friends with someone who provokes such intense emotions that dont seem to go away.
How dare they use you as some ego boost.
You arent just friends when youre having casual sex.
You arent just friends when youre talking every day.
You arent just friends when youre sending each other pictures you hope dont see the light of day.
You arent just friends when the conversations you have is something you better hide.
You arent just friends when it hurts that you cant be with them.
What you love is this story theyve led you to believe could be true.
Dont fall for the maybes and the what ifs and the one day.
Because that wont ever happen.
