You'll Do Anything For Erika

It was gradual at first. You didn’t trust it. You didn’t even want to admit it to yourself. You were developing feelings for her. Or rather, not developing. You had feelings for her. There was no denying it at this point. It had been, what, a year? Maybe two? How many nights had you spent staring at your phone, texting back and forth? How many times had you hung out and spent a Saturday together, got coffee downtown or watched movies after a hard week? And it’s not like you wanted to think all these things... You didn’t want to develop feelings. You didn’t want to upset the friendship. But here they were anyway. It couldn’t be helped. It was just something that happened. And it wasn’t just attraction, of course. I mean, sure, you were clearly attracted to her. It...