“I love you.”
Once you had realized you let these words slip, there was a moment of silence where you could hear a pin drop.
“...as a friend!” you quickly said into the phone, voice raised to try and deflect your previous words.
The conversation became awkward after that on your end, while I tried to direct it to a different topic.
It wouldn’t be the last time you said those three words to me.
- Jaclyn