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know why I am asking this question having discovered that she is presently attached, but I’d just love to know what you think about it. Were you friends with your wife before you got married? I’ve heard some girls say they would never date their best male friend because it’s weird.
    Talk to you soon,
     
    Thanks,
    Jamie
     
       He closed the lid of the laptop, laid down and closed his eyes. As he slept, he dreamt about the night someone called to tell them about his father’s demise. A tear found its way out of his left eye and rolled down the side of his face towards his ear.

 
    5
     
     
     
       Jamie walked up towards the front door breathing in the nostalgia that filled the air. There were purple coneflowers, sunflowers, baptisias and asters giving the house lush, colourful curb appeal and a carefully trained virginia creeper covered parts of the house like drapes from mother nature. He and Chelsea both used to help her mom water the flowers on Saturdays and then would go watch old DVDs in her father’s library, overcoming mountains of homemade popcorn in the process. Sometimes he would watch football while she read her mom’s cosmopolitan magazine or romance novels, quickly hiding them when she walked in on them. They found in each other the sibling friendship that they always longed for. Jamie was an only child and Chelsea’s brother Tyler was seven years younger, so it had been a mutually satisfying friendship.
       As Jamie got to the door, he dropped all his thoughts about the mortgage situation on the floor–thinking too much about what was happening to him and his mother wouldn’t make him a fun visitor. He quickly fetched a smile and wore it. It surprised him that he could put his worries aside so quickly and knew it was because of how much he cared for Chelsea. Everything else became a shadow in her light. As he was about to press the bell, the door flung open without warning.
       “Hey you.”
       A beautiful face appeared followed by a beautiful body. The face was the same but her body had gone through some very interesting physiological changes. Jamie quickly stopped himself from staring too much but it was hard to ignore her beautiful curves. She wore rolled up denim shorts with a pink off-shoulder top that revealed smooth shoulders. 
       “Hey you,” he said back, hoping she couldn’t hear the heavy, quick beats of his heart or notice the sudden moistness on his forehead.
       “I saw you from upstairs. You still have that funny walk,” Chelsea said and gave him a hug.
       “What walk?” he asked. Following her into the house, he closed the door gently behind him.
       “Your semi-John Wayne, semi-Denzel Washington walk. I thought that was just a high school thing.”
       “I’ll take that as a compliment.”
    They both laughed.
       “Let’s go upstairs to my room. My mom is having some friends over so I’d rather we hang out upstairs.” She pulled his arm and turned towards the stairs.
       In the past, Jamie had been inside her room many times, mostly with other friends around. They would listen to music there, play games, eat pizza, or he would play a song on his guitar while they all listened. They hung out alone in her room a few times too, but he couldn’t deny it felt kind of awkward this time. They were older now and he was really attracted to her. He figured it would be all right, they were just friends and besides, she had a boyfriend so why was he thinking all these thoughts anyway?
       She opened the door to her room and he followed her in.
      “Amy this is Jamie. Jamie this is my friend Amy. We met during her exchange program at the University of London–she got into MVU’s Business School this summer.”
       “Hi Jamie. I’ve heard a lot about you,” Amy said placing the magazine that rested on her chest on the bed. She stood up and shook his hand. Sweeping across her forehead were brunette sideswept bangs that she had cut recently.