From Best Friend To Fiancé Novels & Stories

"Nice to meet you," Collen quickly took my hands and shook them. My hands fell limp to my side. "Is everything okay?" Hannah asked, her green eyes searching mine. "Yeah, just that um, I was about to go to bed when you came," I lied through my teeth. My heart was beating not just within my chest but I could hear it in head. This was the first time I had lied to my best friend in all our twelve years of being friends. "Oh, I was hoping you could stay up with us to watch a movie."

Then she took a large step back, like I was something contagious she didn't want near her. "You heard me, Cassandra. So I'll stop pretending. Please don't follow me around anymore. I don't want to be your friend. Someone like Wendy, with her background and her world, that's the kind of person I want in my life. "Look at yourself. You've got nothing, and you solve everything with your fists. You're not even someone I want to be seen with. Honestly? Being your friend has always been embarrassing." I stood there frozen after she finished.

ELLE Rule number one: Best friends don't keep secrets from each other. Rule number two: Best friends come first before anyone else. Rule number three: Best friends must always have each other’s backs. Rule number four: Best friends must attend important events together. Rule number five: Best friends will not ditch each other for popularity. Rule number six: Your best friend's brother is your brother, not your lover. Rule number seven: Best friends must celebrate birthdays together — always. Rule number eight: You must support your best friend's dreams and ambitions. Rule number nine: No lies - no matter what.

“Sorry about Ava, I admit, I was jealous of her. She suddenly announced on national TV that my best friend was hers and I was so jealous and hurt, I didn’t realize that I was hurting you in the process. Astrid you and I have been friends for way too long and I love you so much as if you were my sister. Nobody has ever threatened our friendship until Ava.” I sigh, my anger dissipating. “Lily, I love you so much and you will always, always be my best friend. If you were a man I would have probably married you a long time ago.” She giggles and holds my hand. “Ava is nothing but my client and maybe, a friend but not my best friend. You will always be my best friend and I love, love, love you my

“You’re important to me. You know that, right? You mean more. I’m sorry I did that. I just couldn’t...” “It’s okay,” Ethan said quietly. “Sorry,” she said again, squeezing his hand. “But what did you want to tell me?” she asked. “It’s strange for you to call me here.” Ethan nodded slowly. “I wanted to tell you" Lily was silent. “I felt guilty liking your best friend. She was more like a younger sister to us. But no matter how I tried to forget her, I couldn’t. I knew I couldn’t hide it forever. So I wanted to tell you, Lily.”

“But isn’t Maya your girlfriend? Why would you harm her too?” “Hah! She’s no girlfriend of mine! She wouldn’t even let me touch her! She kept saying that we had to get married before she’d sleep with me. She’s no saint! In the end, she just doesn’t like that I’m poor. She’s only looking for better prospects!” When I heard this, I could not help but find it all hilarious. Fortunately, I never agreed to sleep with him. If I had, I would have gotten AIDS as well.

He asked worriedly. “Yes, positive! I’m going to miss you too, Zachy, but no worries, I’ll be back. Thank you for everything, for being supportive, for being my best friend. So with that being said…I’m going to be your best bud and encourage you to go get your girl.” He cocked an eyebrow and gave me a questionable look. “First of all, that’s what bf’s are for, and second, what the hell are you talking about?!”

Followed my heart or my body then I would be in big trouble already. Brad groaned in response at the mention of Olivia as my reason once again. “But met you first. We became friends first and she doesn’t have a right to dictate what we do with our lives.” He surprised me by arguing. “I know but….. she’s my best friend and she is your sister.” I managed to say to him. He sighed and then his two hands held my head. “So you don’t want me? Is that what you’re saying?” He asked me searching my eyes as he spoke.

I follow suit, my own wolf wrapping me in a world of physical sensation that still can’t blot out the guts-on-the-ground feeling. My best friend. My best fucking friend. Forget tradition, forget being promised to each other, Eva is and always has been my best friend. She’s been at my side through all my best and worst moments, just like I’ve been at her side through hers. That’s why it was so easy to imagine walking away from Candace and spending my life with her. I’ve been practicing for twenty years. And a life with one’s best friend is most people’s dream come true. I’ve never seen Eva look like that before.

That was just one of many things I hadn’t told her. “You’re nothing like that, okay? For Christ’s sake, look at you. You’re beautiful. You’re a writer—a popular one, working on her second book. And you’re my BEST FRIEND! If that doesn’t scream identity, I don’t know what does,” she said fiercely. I gave her a small smile. I was her best friend—that was enough. “You never asked who told her that,” I said after a moment. She stilled, her body tensing. “No.”