Just Friends - A Real Man, 19 Author:Jenika Snow Just friends.That?s what I thought we were ? until we weren?t, until my love for Mia was too consuming that I couldn?t ignore it anymore. Until I couldn?t deny it.And when we?d lost someone close to us both?her brother, my best friend?it was that life-changing moment that I told myself to man up.It was that loss that drew us closer, that made me... more » realize I?d been a fool to stay back.But we?d always been just friends.Two words that meant a hell of a lot more than I wanted them to.Two words that were this wall between us.Two words that I wanted gone when I looked at her.There was a time when I would have been fine with that title. But that time had passed.I was done being just friends. I was ready to finally make Mia mine. I just hoped she felt the same way.« less